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Lambda Award finalist. Illustrator, author ✏️ they/she. rep Mandy Suhr at Storywise. 📍 Belfast Portfolio → kipalizadeh.net ✍︎ [email protected] Links → https://linktr.ee/kipalizadeh #KidLitArt

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · Feb 11

Bun #watercolour #KidLitArt

A painting by Kip Alizadeh of a baby rabbit sitting in wild flower long grass looking at the big crescent moon in a dusky sky

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Natalie @nataliehall.bsky.social · 13h

She.

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ND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social · 1d

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 1d

Hello 👋 #portfolioday … I’m a #kidlit #kidlitart author and illustrator rep’d by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🌟 work: www.twofishillustration.com
📚 books: www.twofishillustration.com/books

A boy is on a balloon ride over the city

A boy is building a tower out of blocks. A bird landed on the top. A cat is looking mischievously at the whole thing

A spot from Whirby, a book from HarperCollins out in Feb ‘26

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Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #portfolioday 👋

My name is Denis, and I'm a children's book illustrator who likes stories full of heart, bold lineart, limited palettes, and painterly textures. #kidlitart

🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
📚 Represented by Emily Talbot, United Agents (UK) and Susan Hawk, Upstart Crow Literary (US)

Illustration of a child kneeling on top of his desk wearing pajamas and showing a teddy bear the Ursa Major constellation through the window

llustration of a giant squid, a duckling and a kid in a bathtub. The squid is looking curious trying to get the attention of the kid with its tentacles. The child is looking right at us in fear. The duckling is standing between the two, wings spread out, trying to defend the kid

Illustration of a two anthromorphic zebras in a sculpture studio. One of them has no stripes and is sculpting a bust of the other zebra who is sitting in a stool with her eyes closed

Illustration of a little girl and her dad in the kitchen. The dad is stirring a meal in a pot on the stove. There are aroma lines coming out of the pot and the girl has closed her eyes and is taking in the smell. There is a black cat peeking above the counter top and looking at the pot.

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator living in France who loves painting whimsical critters & mossy trees. Looking for new projects!

[email protected]
victoriamaderna.com

Open for animal painting commissions:
victoriamaderna.com/animal-paint...

#illustration #kidlitart

Digital painting by Victoria Maderna. A mouse pollinating a squash flower with a brush, a butternut house in the background.

Painting of a little witch on a comfy chair with a black cat and a crow. She has her shoes off and there's a spellbook and wand on a table next to her.

Gouache painting by Victoria Maderna: mushroom people walking on a mossy branch carrying a water droplet, pollen, backpack. One has a beetle on its head.

Digital painting by Victoria Maderna, a witch riding a giant capybara and drinking yerba mate.

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #portfolioday!

My name is Gordy and I'm an illustrator based in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈
I paint make my illustrations in gouache, inks and acrylic.

🌐 gordywright.com
✉️ [email protected]

#kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration

Aerial view of a small plane flying over the Nazca lines

Folktale illustration of the story 'The white hare of Inaba'

Illustration of a Kitsune fox jumping over a Torii gate

Illustration of a badger family in a graveyard at night

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gingerbread @gingerbarts.bsky.social · 1d

#PortfolioDay
Hi! I'm a book illustrator who loves children's illustration, tabletop role-playing games, fantasy literature, and manga.

📩 [email protected]

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Julian Plum @julianplum.com · 1d

It's #portfolioday!!

I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ illustrator from the foggy Finger Lakes of Upstate NY. I work in traditional gouache & promise I know colors that aren't green. I'm rep'd by Naomi Davis @ BookEnds Literary!

🌿 julianplum.com
🐌 [email protected]

#kidlitart #picturebooks #illustration

A lush, intricate gouache painting featuring many leaves in different colors and textures, plus native birds, insects, flowers, and seeds.

A gouache painting featuring a grasshopper sparrow sitting among a riot of pastel wildflowers. Behind it a gray birch reaches into a blue sky.

A crop from a painting featuring a windswept brown-haired girl gently holding an egg, looking up in the direction of the wind at the legs of a crane taking off above her.

Gouache painting featuring a cross-section of a garden: above the earth, radish leaves are covered in ladybugs; below the earth, radishes, roots, and earthworms are visible in the dirt.

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Emmy Brown Illustration @emmbrr.bsky.social · 18h

#PortfolioDay Hello! I’m Emmy, a children’s book illustrator primarily working with anthro animal characters. I’m open for PBs & chapter books with availability for all of 2026 🤍

emmybrownillustration.com
[email protected]

Two frogs sitting around a campfire. One plays the banjo and sings. The other sleeps. The image is a digital painting in mostly greens with an orange fire in the center

A digital painting of a pumpkin house on a black background. A ghost mouse with a trick or treat bag approaches the front door. A brown mouse looks out the window at it. They smile at each other

A black and white graphite drawing of four little kittens in a four post bed. They’re all sleeping except for one, who is playfully looking out of one open eye

A digital painting of a grey raccoon in a bluish grey trash can. He holds up a bunch of trash like it’s the best thing in the world

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Rikin Parekh (Mr Rik) @rikinparekh.bsky.social · 1d

STICKY MILDRED, illustrated by me and written by the FAB @alastairc.com is coming SOON!
Pre-order and get 25% off from Waterstones with code OCTOBER25 👉
tinyurl.com/Pre-order-St...
#WPreorder #picturebook #funnybook
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
#KidLitUk #StickyMildred

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 1d

Delighted to say that from the 14th-17th Oct you can get 25% off pre-orders of the paperback edition of I Am Strong Just Being Me, due out next year 🥳 🤩

www.waterstones.com/book/i-am-st...

@littletigeruk.bsky.social

#KidLit

A graphic promoting 25 percent off the paperback edition of I Am Strong Just Being Me by Laura Dockrill and Kip Alizadeh

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alex - illario apologist @hightowerqueen.bsky.social · Aug 1

AI art is not "a tool for disabled people", it's harmful to disabled artists who depend on digital commissions to afford basic necessities.

stop using disabled people as a shield for your lack of ethics.

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“Surely, she dies first” Jackson @lioninthetrees.bsky.social · 2d

Reduction block print inspired by the California Gull! 🐦🍟✨
This is the very last print for my Printmaking Pals as the club is now coming to an end.

#art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #printmaking

Relief linoblock print featuring a California Gull standing in the center. There are Sego Lillies around the four corners of the piece, as well as bee hives at the top and below the bird serving as iconography representing the state of Utah.

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 4d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 2d

Moved to Apple Music recently for the same reasons after having Spotify for ages, with collaborative playlists with friends and all. Felt wrong to keep it in the end.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social · 4d

Last night I attended the 2025 Utah Book Awards. @kipalizadeh.net & I are honored our LGBTQ+ inclusive picture book, THE WISHING FLOWER, was selected as a finalist! All children deserve to see themselves in books. All children deserve to feel seen, safe, and loved. 💜 #kidlit #booksky

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 5d

my cat drinks from muddy puddles even though he has an actual water fountain 😭

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 8d

Thread of available #septempera originals! Email [email protected] to claim.

These tiny paintings are 65x95mm, 75 euros each.
Shipping included. Customs/taxes/etc are the buyer's responsibility.
IMPORTANT: I'll ONLY ship these four to the US right now due to tariffs, might offer more later.

Four tiny paintings: A- fish with hat. B- Dog napping. C- Wood mouse on an apple. D- Lizard on a mossy stone.

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 5d

This report kinda confirms a bad vibe I’d been sensing and I wish it was just me having a rough time in publishing of late, but it seems like a more institutional problem. Bad times.

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 5d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 6d

There are always gay people in your phone or computer if you know where to look

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Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social · 7d

✨ The Excluded Voices 2025 report is here!

We’ve updated last year’s findings on children’s books (ages 1–9) by British creators from marginalised communities — showing where progress is happening & where it’s still not.

https://ow.ly/G5Hq50X8fph

#IBCExcludedVoicesReport

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 6d

its true, I started playing the video game Destiny 2 and now I'm in an entire Discord server of gay ppl who play it lol

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 6d

thank you so much!

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · Jul 16

Cover illustration what I did for Philip Reeve’s ‘Here Lies Arthur’. AD/design by Jamie Gregory

Digital painting, cover art for ‘Here Lies Arthur’ by Philip Reeve

Book cover, ‘Here Lies Arthur’ by Philip Reeve

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